Film: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Directed by: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Starring: Tina Fey, Martin Freeman, Margot Robbie Whiskey Tango Foxtrot carves out a nice little space for itself next to other breezy, matinee, fish-out-of-water tales. Directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa let their mean side take a back seat in this earnest little film about […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ is a bit too kind-hearted for its own good
‘Hobbit’ Finale Defeats Competition
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has officially arrived, and it’s left quite the impact on this week’s charts. With an estimated weekend total that pushes far past $55 million, the finale to the highly revered Hobbit trilogy has now made over $90 million dollars in the past five days. Though their numbers […]
‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Frozen’ Continue Box Office Dominance Over Holiday Newcomers
As families continued to flock to movie theaters over the post-holiday weekend, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Frozen held strong to fend off a bevy of newcomers. $29,850,000 in receipts was enough to give The Hobbit its third straight first-place finish and Frozen wasn’t far behind with $28,450,000, which represents an impressive 46.9% […]
Success Continues For ‘The Hobbit’ This Pre-Christmas Weekend
Despite the debut of so many other heavyweights this weekend, including the highly anticipated Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, studio estimates are showing that The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will come out as the highest grossing film. The movie, which made its original US release last weekend with over 70 million in sales, saw some […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’
Film: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Directed By: Peter Jackson Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage First of all, a word to the naysayers: “Desolation of Smaug” refers to the area around Erebor which has been smote by the dragon. It doesn’t, contrary to apparently popular belief, refer to his inevitable downfall, so […]
‘The Hobbit’ Ventures Its Way To The Top
After earning an astounding 31 million on its opening day, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has met the expectations of many by dominating the box office this past weekend with a current estimated total of 73+ million. Disappointingly, this is a dip in performance for the franchise seeing as how The Hobbit: The Unexpected […]
South Park Parodies Kanye West In Season Finale
Remember back in 2009 when South Park called Kanye West a gay fish? On last night’s episode Kanye returned, desperately trying to convince South Park Elementary and the world that his fiancé, Kim Kardashian, is not a Hobbit. Kanye West is a prominent character in the episode, which also features a parody of Kanye’s recently […]
Ed Sheeran Releases New Song From ‘The Hobbit’ Sequel Soundtrack
Multiplatinum-selling pop artist Ed Sheeran, who spent much of this year as the opening act on Taylor Swift’s Red Tour, will be contributing a new song to the soundtrack and closing credits of Peter Jackson’s latest foray into Middle-Earth, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The music video for the quiet, primarily acoustic track, titled […]
Full Trailer For ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Has Arrived
Rejoice, nerds! Your beloved short friends will soon return to the big screen in another overly-long epic that is sure to dominate December’s box office, and this morning we have the full trailer to aide in raising your excitement. The full trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has arrived online ahead of the […]
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE RESULTS: January 4-6
Texas Chainsaw managed to murder the competition and claim a top spot for the weekend box office. Just like last year’s The Devil Inside (which was also completely awful) a horror movie managed to top the box office at the beginning of the year. Despite Texas Chainsaw being poorly reviewed it managed to make the most, dethroning The Hobbit: An Unexpected […]